SPI models: What characteristics are required for small software development companies?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2349, Issue , 2002, Pages 100-113

  Richardson, Ita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE; IRELAND; LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL COMPANIES; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84958665449     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-47984-8_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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